December 13, 2023
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — The family of an Alabama man who died after police used a stun gun on him filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Monday against the city of Mobile. The family of Jawan Dallas, 36, alleges that …
January 23, 2023
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lawyers for the 5-year-old son of a man who died after repeatedly being shocked by Los Angeles police with a stun gun following a traffic collision filed a $50 million claim Friday for damages against the …
August 30, 2022
ATLANTA (AP) — A federal jury in Atlanta has awarded $100 million to a panhandler who fell and broke his neck after a police officer shocked him with a stun gun during a foot chase, news agencies report. Jerry Blasingame …
January 25, 2021
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia family has filed a lawsuit against two police officers who the group claim unjustifiably attacked them while responding to a car crash in 2019. In the lawsuit, Elder Chacon, Brenda Samayoa and their 12-year-old …
May 14, 2015
That was the dare Taser International laid down at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in 1998, and hundreds of people lined up. Taser, today the stun gun supplier to America’s police, was still struggling back then, and auto …
April 5, 2013
New Hanover County has reached a settlement with the family of a pallbearer who was zapped with a stun gun as he helped load his father’s coffin into a hearse. The StarNews of Wilmington, N.C., reports the incident happened five …
December 6, 2012
The family of a Pennsylvania man who called police about a stolen bicycle then died after being repeatedly hit by a stun gun will receive $900,000 under the terms of a settlement. Mount Joy’s borough council on Monday approved the …
February 7, 2012
North Carolina authorities say they used a stun gun on a woman motorist who blocked a McDonald’s drive-thru for 20 minutes after employees refused to serve her because she cut in line. Authorities say 37-year-old Evangeline Lucca bypassed the order …
November 15, 2011
A man who filed a lawsuit against the Bozeman Police Department in Montana contending two officers used a stun gun without justification and left him with a serious head injury has filed additional motions contending police conspired to cover up …
October 20, 2011
A lawsuit has been filed by the family of a southwest Michigan man who died in 2009 following a confrontation with two police officers who subdued him with stun guns. The Grand Rapids Press reports the lawsuit by family members …